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West Elkton, Ohio

Village in Preble County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at West Elkton

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 23 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Elkton

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Elkton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over West Elkton, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Elkton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MiddletownMWO

At an airfield/9.4 mi away/650 ft/374 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank685of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Middletown 4.2 WNWOH-BT-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/782 ft/242 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MiddletownMTNO1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/633 ft/391 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Middletown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.4 mi from West Elkton, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middletown, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLETOWNSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddletown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MWOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Middletown: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWOFIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLETOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMiddletown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Middletown, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWOFIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLETOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiddletown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Middletown, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near West Elkton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near West Elkton

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